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<META NAME="author" CONTENT="Randy Bennett (rbennett@thezone.net)">
<META NAME="section" CONTENT="Messages">
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="(4.0+ browsers)  Offer your visitors a quick description or more information about a link before they visit it.  When they put their cursor over a link a layer will appear describing the link.  Your visitors will appreciate the extra effort, and it looks great too!">

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function setupDescriptions() {
var x = navigator.appVersion;
y = x.substring(0,4);
if (y>=4) setVariables();
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var x,y,a,b;
function setVariables(){
if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
h=".left=";
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dS="document.";
sD="";
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h=".pixelLeft=";
v=".pixelTop=";
dS="";
sD=".style";
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}
var isNav = (navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") !=-1);
function popLayer(a){
desc = "<table cellpadding=3 border=1 bgcolor=F7F7F7><td>";

if (a==1) desc += "Go to Yahoo";
if (a==2) desc += "Go to Lycos";
if (a==3) desc += "Go to Excite";
if (a==4) desc += "Go to Altavista";
if (a==5) desc += "Go to Hotbot";

desc += "</td></table>";

if(isNav) {
document.object1.document.write(desc);
document.object1.document.close();
document.object1.left=x+25;
document.object1.top=y;
}
else {
object1.innerHTML=desc;
eval(dS+"object1"+sD+h+(x+25));
eval(dS+"object1"+sD+v+y);
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}
function hideLayer(a){
if(isNav) {
eval(document.object1.top=a);
}
else object1.innerHTML="";
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function handlerMM(e){
x = (isNav) ? e.pageX : event.clientX;
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if (isNav){
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(4.0+ browsers)  Offer your visitors a quick description or more information about a link before they visit it.  When they put their cursor over a link a layer will appear describing the link.  Your visitors will appreciate the extra effort, and it looks great too!
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<a href="http://www.yahoo.com/" onMouseOver="popLayer(1)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)">Yahoo</a>
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<a href="http://www.lycos.com" onMouseOver="popLayer(2)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)">Lycos</a>
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<a href="http://www.excite.com" onMouseOver="popLayer(3)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)">Excite</a>
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<a href="http://www.altavista.com" onMouseOver="popLayer(4)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)">Altavista</a>
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<a href="http://www.hotbot.com" onMouseOver="popLayer(5)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)">Hotbot</a>
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<tr><td BGCOLOR=yellow><font FACE="helvetica,arial,geneva"><b>JavaScript Source Code 3000:  Messages:  Description Layer</b>
<p>Simply click inside the window below, use your cursor to highlight the script, and copy (type Control-c or Apple-c) the script into a new file in your text editor (such as Note Pad or Simple Text) and save (Control-s or Apple-s).  The script is yours!!!
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&lt;!-- THREE STEPS TO INSTALL DESCRIPTION LAYER:

  1.  Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
  2.  Add the onLoad event handler into the BODY tag
  3.  Put the last coding into the BODY of your HTML document  --&gt;

&lt;!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document  --&gt;

&lt;HEAD&gt;

&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"&gt;
&lt;!-- Original:  Randy Bennett (rbennett@thezone.net) --&gt;
&lt;!-- Web Site:  http://home.thezone.net/~rbennett/utility/javahead.htm --&gt;

&lt;! &gt;
&lt;! &gt;

&lt;!-- Begin
function setupDescriptions() {
var x = navigator.appVersion;
y = x.substring(0,4);
if (y&gt;=4) setVariables();
}
var x,y,a,b;
function setVariables(){
if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
h=".left=";
v=".top=";
dS="document.";
sD="";
}
else 
{
h=".pixelLeft=";
v=".pixelTop=";
dS="";
sD=".style";
   }
}
var isNav = (navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") !=-1);
function popLayer(a){
desc = "&lt;table cellpadding=3 border=1 bgcolor=F7F7F7&gt;&lt;td&gt;";

if (a==1) desc += "JavaScript Source Code 3000 Home Page!";
if (a==2) desc += "Updates on all the latest scripts added to the site!";
if (a==3) desc += "Browser our Table of Contents page!";
if (a==4) desc += "Get JavaScript assistance in our JS forum!";
if (a==5) desc += "Get the answers to our commonly asked JS questions!";

desc += "&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/table&gt;";

if(isNav) {
document.object1.document.write(desc);
document.object1.document.close();
document.object1.left=x+25;
document.object1.top=y;
}
else {
object1.innerHTML=desc;
eval(dS+"object1"+sD+h+(x+25));
eval(dS+"object1"+sD+v+y);
   }
}
function hideLayer(a){
if(isNav) {
eval(document.object1.top=a);
}
else object1.innerHTML="";
}
function handlerMM(e){
x = (isNav) ? e.pageX : event.clientX;
y = (isNav) ? e.pageY : event.clientY;
}
if (isNav){
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
}
document.onmousemove = handlerMM;
//  End --&gt;
&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/HEAD&gt;

&lt;!-- STEP TWO: Insert the onLoad event handler into your BODY tag  --&gt;

&lt;BODY OnLoad="setupDescriptions()"&gt;

&lt;!-- STEP THREE: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document  --&gt;

&lt;div id="object1" style="position:absolute; visibility:show; left:25px; top:-50px; z-index:2"&gt;layer hidden off the screen&lt;/div&gt;


&lt;a href="http://javascriptsource.com" onMouseOver="popLayer(1)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)"&gt;Home Page&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="http://javascriptsource.com/new.html" onMouseOver="popLayer(2)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)"&gt;What's New?&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="http://javascriptsource.com/toc.html" onMouseOver="popLayer(3)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)"&gt;Site Contents&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="http://javascriptsource.com/forum/" onMouseOver="popLayer(4)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)"&gt;JavaScript Forum&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="http://javascriptsource.com/faq/" onMouseOver="popLayer(5)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)"&gt;JavaScript FAQs&lt;/a&gt;
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